Eyeglasses



G. BAUSCH.

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EYEGLASSES.

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EYEG LASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,152, dated October5, 189'?, Application filed January l1, 1897. Serial No. 618,725. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE BAUSCH, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovementsin Eyeglasses, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in frames for eyeglasses orspectacles, and my object is to simplify and cheapen the con-T structionand obviate the necessity of drill ing holes through the lenses or usingheavy bands around the lenses by securing the posts to a wire around thelens oraspectacle-bridge to said wires, as also the temples.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,in which- Figure l is a front view of a pair of eyeglassesprovided with my improved frame.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a segment of a lens detached and showing thewire around it, having its ends crossed ready for twisting or soldering.Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the ends twisted to Vbind the wirearound the lens. Fig. 4 is a view of the post and foot detached. Fig. 5is a longitudinal vertical section through the post and foot. Fig. 6 isa segment of the lens, showing the groove in its periphery and a crossnotch or groove to prevent slipping. Fig. 7 is a transverse section of apost, foot, wire, and part of a lens, showing the lateral bearings ofthe foot against the lens.

d is the lens, having a groove a" in its periphery and a notch'ortransverse groove d" upon the edge at the pointwhere the wire issecured, or where the post is secured to the wire, or at any othersuitable point.

b is a wire seated in the groove encircling the lens and drawn tightlyaround it, the ends being twisted together,l as shown in Fig. 3, orotherwise suitably secured together at the lap.

c is a foot upon a post suitably concaved, if desired, to iit over thewire and secured to the wire in any suitable manner. In Fig. 5 the postis tubular to receive the twisted ends of the wire or provided with asuitable recess for that purpose. The foot also has lateral bearingsagainst the lens on each side of the wire.

Heretofore lensframes have been first constructed, and it was thennecessary to grind the glass until it would fit the frame, 'whereas inmy invention I take any lens of any size and bind the wire around itwithout grinding to make a fit.

I do not limit myself to twisting the wire about the frame, as shown inFig. 3, as it will be evident that the wire may be drawn tightly aroundthe lens and the ends overlapped, soldered, or otherwise suitablysecured together. After the ends have been twisted or otherwise securedI- solder the foot to the wire at the point where the wires meet, or atany other suitable point, or where they are lapped. The posts may thenbe connected in any suitable manner for eyeglasses or spectacles. Thetemples or bows are in like manner suitably connected to posts, havingtheir feet secured to said wire on the opposite side of the lens.

In order to prevent the possibility of the post or wire being moved orslipping upon the lens after it is bound thereon, I can provide a notchor cross-groove e", which is engaged by the wire or solder and preventsthe lens from slipping in the wire. The twisting of the wire willusually create a sufficient shoulder to engage with said notch.

p Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. In an eyeglass or spectacle, a lens having a groove in its periphery,and a transverse notch, combined with a wire around it in said grooveand engaging with said notch.

toprevent slipping.

2. In an eyeglass or spectacle, the combif nation with a lens groovedperipherally and bound with a wire seated in said groove and having itsends twisted or permanently secured together, of a post having a footconcaved to straddle the wire, and secured thereto.

3. In an eyeglass or spectacle the combination with a grooved lens boundwith a Wire in said groove having its ends 'crossed or lapped andsecured together, of a post and foot receiving said wire and securedthereto and bearing. against the lens on each side of the wire.

4;. In an eyeglass or spectacle a lens grooved IOC peripherally andnotched transversely, combined With a lens-frame consisting of a Wireembedded in said groove and having its intersecting ends bent into saidnotch, to lock the lens into said frame.

5. In an eyeglass or spectacle,a lens grooved peripherally, and notchedtransversely, combined with a wire bound around it Without grinding tofit and engaging With said notch, and a post suitably secured to saidWire after it is bound around the lens.

6. In an eyeglass or spectacle,a1ens grooved peripherally, a Wire boundaround it and seated in said groove, and a post provided with a footsecured astride of said Wire and 15 having lateral bearings against theedge of the lens on each side of said Wire.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of January,1896.

GEO. BAUSOH.

In presence of- C. W. SMITH, HOWARD I). DENIsoN.

